Recently, the national table tennis team finished the Incheon Championships and returned to China to continue preparing for the Macau World Cup, and the International Table Tennis Federation also updated the latest weekly world rankings. Compared with the previous week, the world rankings continue to undergo a major reshuffle, with some people happy and some worried.
Let's start with the latest world rankings in Men's Singles and Women's Singles, with Wang Chuqin continuing to be ranked No. 1 in the world in Men's Singles, Fan Zhendong in second, and Liang Jingkun and Ma Long in third and fourth. On the other hand, in women's singles, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng are ranked in the top four. In this way, these main players have basically established the quota for the Paris Olympics. It is worth mentioning that this ranking has undergone a lot of changes compared with last month, and the positions of several main players in national table tennis have been adjusted. For example, the three musketeers Ma Long and Chen Meng, who had been ranked in the top three before, have now fallen out of the top three and ranked fourth, which is not a very good thing for Ma Long and Chen Meng.
There are a total of six main players participating in the Paris Olympics, three men's teams and three women's teams. In the past, Ma Long has been one of the main members of the Three Musketeers, but after a few recent battles, Da Fat has now overtaken the Dragons to move to the third place in the world, and he has achieved great results in the Singapore Grand Slam and the Incheon Championship. In such a situation, if Da Fat can still achieve good results in the next Macau World Cup, and even upset the championship, Ma Long may be replaced in the next minute. So this is not good news for the Dragons, who will have to do well in the World Cup and defend their position.
On the other hand, the same is true for Chen Meng. Previously, her Olympic selection points were higher than Wang Manyu's, and many fans thought that she might get the Olympic quota for women's singles. But from the current point of view, Wang Manyu has surpassed Chen Meng, not only in the world rankings, but also in the Olympic selection points. Therefore, if he can't perform well in the Macau World Cup in the future, Chen Meng will basically be excluded, and he may even be taken out of the team competition by Wang Yidi.
In addition to Marlon Chen Meng falling behind, on the other hand, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong's rankings have also dropped by one place, among which Hugo has surpassed Lin Gaoyuan's ranking. From this point, it can be seen that at present, the performance of players from other associations, including Hugo and Felix Lebrun, has become stronger and stronger, and there is a great momentum to impact the top five world rankings of national table tennis. For the Chinese team, it is necessary to pay attention to the preparation work to avoid an upset overturn in the next Paris Olympics.
Compared with the overall performance of these players, there is a regression, and there are two other players who have counterattacked the upper position, namely Wang Manyu and Liang Jingkun. Although Wang Manyu did not win the title in the recent championship, her Olympic selection points and world ranking have been improved and consolidated, and the next competitive advantage for the women's singles ticket to the Paris Olympics is becoming more and more significant. Next, as long as she can win another huge number of points in the Macau World Cup, Wang Manyu will basically lock the ticket to the women's singles. And the same is true for Big Fat, I hope that the two main players will continue to work hard in the World Cup in the future.